IRON JAWED ANGELS

Angelica Huston, Hilary Swank, Francis O’Connor, Julia Ormond

HBO Pictures; Directed by Katja von Garnier

Not Rated; 123 minutes; 2004

This is the story of two important women in the history of suffrage in the United States. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns began a more radical branch of women fighting for the right to vote. They found themselves up against powerful men, an atmosphere of chauvinism, an unconcerned President (Woodrow Wilson) and even their own more conservative counterparts. These women risk their lives and loves to fight for what they believe in.